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by Anaxagoras » Fri Feb 24, 2012 1:11 am
I really love this one of the
Carina Nebula:
Bigger sizes here and
related story here.
I have this as my wallpaper now. The colors are just right, and there's just so much neat stuff in the picture. Most of space is empty and cold but this region looks quite happening.
If you find any other cool astronomy photos, post them in this thread.
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by Doctor X » Fri Feb 24, 2012 2:20 am
Turn around and I will get a picture of Uranus . . . with Klingons.
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Anaxagoras
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by Anaxagoras » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:27 am
Uranus jokes are the highest form of humor.
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
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by Bearguin » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:32 am
Anaxagoras wrote:
Uranus jokes are the highest form of humor.
I thought they renamed the planet to stop those jokes...........
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by Anaxagoras » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:16 am
Bearguin wrote:Anaxagoras wrote:
Uranus jokes are the highest form of humor.
I thought they renamed the planet to stop those jokes...........
Are you saying Uranus has a new alias?
What do you call Uranus now?
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by DrMatt » Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:15 am
He calls it Surfer Bird.
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by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:14 pm
It's not pronounced "your anus" any more. Now it's "urine ass".
If you guys don't stop it with the Uranus puns, they'll declare it no longer really a planet.
They already pulled that shit once, you know.
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by DrMatt » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:15 pm
Tweet!
Grayman wrote:If masturbation led to homosexuality you'd think by now I'd at least have better fashion sense.
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by Abdul Alhazred » Fri Feb 24, 2012 6:17 pm
DrMatt wrote:Tweet!
Oh no. Not you too.

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by Nyarlathotep » Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:42 pm
Ouranos. Closer to original Greek and it doesn't make 12 year olds snicker.
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by Bearguin » Fri Feb 24, 2012 10:18 pm
Anaxagoras wrote:Bearguin wrote:Anaxagoras wrote:
Uranus jokes are the highest form of humor.
I thought they renamed the planet to stop those jokes...........
Are you saying Uranus has a new alias?
What do you call Uranus now?
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by grayman » Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:35 am
Bearguin wrote:Urectum
I barely touched 'im!
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by sparks » Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:56 am
Anaxagoras wrote:Bearguin wrote:Anaxagoras wrote:
Uranus jokes are the highest form of humor.
I thought they renamed the planet to stop those jokes...........
Are you saying Uranus has a new alias?
What do you call Uranus now?
How about Turd Cutter? Hey, hey, hey. It's just a fucking suggestion, OK?
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by Doctor X » Sat Feb 25, 2012 11:35 am
The "Secret Passageway?"
Not . . . that there is anything wrong with that. . . .
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Shit. That's going to end up in your sig."--Pyrrho
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by Anaxagoras » Sun May 27, 2012 5:22 am
Some
pictures of Earth taken from the ISS:
And 30 others if you follow the link.
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by Doctor X » Sun May 27, 2012 7:20 am
--J.D.
Mob of the Mean: Free beanie, cattle-prod and Charley Fan Club!
"Doctor X is just treating you the way he treats everyone--as subhuman crap too dumb to breathe in after you breathe out."--Don
DocX: FTW.--sparks
"Doctor X wins again."--Pyrrho
"Never sorry to make a racist Fucktard cry."--His Humble MagNIfIcence
"It was the criticisms of Doc X, actually, that let me see more clearly how far the hypocrisy had gone."--clarsct
"I'd leave it up to Doctor X who has been a benevolent tyrant so far."--Grammatron
"Indeed you are a river to your people.
Shit. That's going to end up in your sig."--Pyrrho
"Try a twelve step program and accept Doctor X as your High Power."--asthmatic camel
"just like Doc X said." --gnome
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by Llacheu » Sun May 27, 2012 1:04 pm
Awestruck I am.
In fact, 10,500 BC was the first time Orion's belt was ever visible in the night sky and the alignment is perfect.
If you deny this you simply are a holocaust denier. - Kilik
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by Llacheu » Sun May 27, 2012 1:29 pm
Abdul Alhazred wrote:It's not pronounced "your anus" any more. Now it's "urine ass".
If you guys don't stop it with the Uranus puns, they'll declare it no longer really a planet.
They already pulled that shit once, you know.
Plutocrats are always complaining, but what about
Ceres. From the link: "historically Ceres and the first few asteroids were initially classified as planets." Cereians don't complain about the
constant reclassification. And then there is
Eris who had to get a name change because of
Xenaphobia. Pluto has had it easy compared to a lot of space rocks.
In fact, 10,500 BC was the first time Orion's belt was ever visible in the night sky and the alignment is perfect.
If you deny this you simply are a holocaust denier. - Kilik
JasonAristotle wrote:
I SAY BLIND FAITH BELIEVERS
WHO REFUSE TO CRITICALLY THINK FOR THEMSELVES
DESERVE WHATEVER THE UFO ALIENS
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by Doctor X » Sun May 27, 2012 1:39 pm
You mean . . .
XenaPHILIA . . .
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"Doctor X is just treating you the way he treats everyone--as subhuman crap too dumb to breathe in after you breathe out."--Don
DocX: FTW.--sparks
"Doctor X wins again."--Pyrrho
"Never sorry to make a racist Fucktard cry."--His Humble MagNIfIcence
"It was the criticisms of Doc X, actually, that let me see more clearly how far the hypocrisy had gone."--clarsct
"I'd leave it up to Doctor X who has been a benevolent tyrant so far."--Grammatron
"Indeed you are a river to your people.
Shit. That's going to end up in your sig."--Pyrrho
"Try a twelve step program and accept Doctor X as your High Power."--asthmatic camel
"just like Doc X said." --gnome
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by grayman » Sun May 27, 2012 3:29 pm
You will be electroplated. Resistance is potential divided by current! - Dr. Matt
Cogito, ergo Deus non est.